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Shiites Win Slim Victory in Iraq

By Anne Garrels

Published February 13, 2005 at 7:00 PM HST

Final results of the Iraqi election show the main Shiite alliance with the most votes, but not the two-thirds majority that would have enabled it to choose the top posts in the government. NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Baghdad.

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